Chapter 1 — The House of Animals

I started having hallucinations, it felt like a lot of small animals were chirping and arguing right in front of me. When I went to see a doctor, they told me I was too stressed and needed to relax. So I decided to bring 17 cats, 2 dogs, 6 Japanese carp and 1 turtle, and return to my old house. I returned to nature, completely relaxed myself, even changed my clothes to size XXL. The number of animals I raise is increasing day by day. One time, I even picked up a red wild chicken. The chickens laid eggs, the eggs hatched, the wild chickens continued to multiply, and eventually people denounced them. Angry, I went to find the chicken and questioned: "Big brother, you didn't tell me that you belong to a second-level protected species - red-bellied pheasant?!" 1 “Have you seen mom lately, why not?” “That's right, coming home doesn't relieve us of stress like before.” “For three days, no scratching my head, scratching my chin, or patting my butt has done anything for me.” "It seems like being a human isn't easy. Look at her going in and out all day and coming home in the evening, and she's often empty-handed." I started thinking, maybe I'm really sick - to the point where I could hear the cats and dogs in the house talking about me. For two days in a row, I kept hearing them whispering behind my back, so I spent three hundred yuan for an hour of psychological counseling. “You may be experiencing hallucinations caused by pressure and stress.” “It is recommended to relax, it is best to take a break from work and go somewhere to rest for a while.” The doctor said so. Although this advice was different from what I looked up on Baidu, because I had already lost three hundred yuan, I decided to believe him. After all, I only make 180 yuan a day, but he said it's 300 yuan in one hour, so it probably makes sense. When I got home, I immediately quit my job. Because my position in the company is similar to the atmosphere, my boss approved the application immediately. Traveling is out of the question – I only have 10,800 yuan on hand, including last month's and this month's salary. Luckily, the boarding house was due, the landlord did not deduct the deposit but also returned me 7,400 yuan. So I gathered all that money along with 17 cats, 2 dogs, 6 carp, 1 turtle, packed my bags and returned to my hometown. "Could it be that mom is planning on leaving us already? Even though we're not her biological children, she's as close as her own..." "Maybe it's not that bad... And even if she did leave, she couldn't leave all of us, she'd even leave herself." "I'll probably go somewhere else to work again. It's a pity, after leaving here, no one will call her 'beauty' anymore..." I couldn't stand it anymore and shouted to the pets: "Let me all sleep! Anyone who gets car sick and vomits will be fined ten days without eating cat pate!" The driver next to me turned to look at me with frightened eyes. I could only smile wryly. Haiz, I don't know when this hearing loss will ever go away. 2 My grandfather passed away three years ago. When he was born, he lived alone in the mountains to grow trees. After his death, no one managed the two old houses. Because this place is remote, the surrounding villagers have all moved into the city, and this area has become desolate and cold. The driver dropped me off and quickly left. I opened the door, everything was still almost intact, just too much dust. I turned on the circuit breaker - luckily the power was still on, the lights in the house were on. "Wow! This place is so big! There are so many insects and birds, it's much larger than the previous barn!" The little yellow cat happily sat next to the cage, her eyes sparkling. Blue and white fat cat also shouted: "Look, there's a whole bunch of mountains over there, we don't need to go to the bathroom in that tiny sink anymore!" Even the carp in the water tank jumped up and down: "I'm like a fish swimming freely in a lotus pond, I just want to be with you waiting for the clear white moonlight... Mom, mom! Throw me into the ditch!" Seeing them so happy, all my fatigue disappeared. "Listen here, this land is our home now. We can play, we can roam around, but we can't go too far! If someone catches us, I can't save them!" I thought I must be really sick - sick enough to sit around playing mother and talking to them like real people. "Yeahhh! Mom let us go out and play!" 【It's so great, our new house is both big and luxurious!】 【It turns out mom didn't want to leave us, but wanted to raise us like a rich family! Mom really has big thighs*!】 【Idiot, it's "wide", not "big thighs".】 【Oh well, no matter how you say it.】 (*"Big thighs" is slang in Chinese, meaning a person with influence, a strong support. Contextually translated it means "mother is a strong support".) I opened each cage, seventeen cats rushed out like arrows. Some children jumped up into trees, others crawled into piles of dry leaves. Six Japanese carp jumped into the pond, disappeared, and then quickly swam around from the other end. The little turtle also slowly crawled into the water, swimming and spinning around happily. Only two dogs were obedient, didn't run anywhere, just hung around behind my butt. I was busy until late at night, and finally finished cleaning the house, reluctantly enough for people to live in. 3 This time, I, along with 17 cats, 2 dogs, 6 carp and 1 turtle, slept until sunset. The trip was tiring and they made trouble all night, so there was no other way. The mountain air is really great. After eating my fill, I started using local materials to build a house for the children. While picking up tree branches, I came across a stunningly beautiful wild chicken. When I was a child, there were many wild chickens here, but none were as beautiful as this one. 【Whoa! Why are there still people here~】 The wild chicken also looked surprised when he saw me. It seems that my hearing loss has not been cured, even the words of the chicken I met for the first time still sounded as clear as the person speaking. 【I came here to retire, my house is over there, come visit if you have free time.】 I pointed in the direction of my grandfather's old house. 【Wow, this person knows how to talk properly, unlike the previous people who only knew how to talk.】 【Hey man, is there rice in the house? Please give me a piece, I really want rice.】 The wild chicken clucked twice. I have rice - I brought back two hundred kilograms! I rushed home, scooped up an armful of rice and threw it to him. 【Truly the best rice! It's been three years, I haven't been able to eat a single piece of rice for three years. Since that old man left, no one has given me rice to eat anymore...】 The wild chicken ate with tears in her eyes. I think the "old man" he mentioned was definitely my grandfather. 【It's okay, if you crave rice in the future, just come to my house and eat as much as you want!】 As a result, the wild chicken not only stopped coming to my house to ask for rice, but also moved in to live with me. It quickly developed a plump appearance, and two months later it began to lay eggs. But he insisted on not letting me eat the egg, saying it was "his child." One month later, the wild chicken transformed into a whole family of wild chickens. I officially owned 28 wild chickens! 4 To be self-sufficient, I started farming. While digging the ground, out of nowhere a big mouse jumped out. The Little Yellow Cat and the Big White-Blue Cat were about to pounce on it, but I hastily stopped them. 【Hello, I'm a beaver mouse, a cousin of the capybara.】 It introduced itself.】 It introduced itself. introduce to us. I don't understand why there are beaver mice appearing here, this area doesn't seem to be common. {Read full page at page * Nguyet * Hoa * Cac} 【I just dug the ground and emerged, but you're the first person I've met who understands the sound of mice!】 "Beaver mice - cousin of capybara" said excitedly talking, so he insisted on following me. Seeing his two sparkling yellow front teeth, I gave him the name Dai Kim Nha (Big Yellow Teeth). I built a small nest for him behind the wild chicken coop, called "Kim Nha Tieu Truc". Since moving here, everyone is happy, even I feel happier. No need to go to work, no need to work overtime, no need to worry about the train or bus A customer - mother B partner", rent, electricity and water bills... Although my hallucinations still haven't cured, it seems like I've gotten used to its existence. That night, Yellow Dog and Black Dog brought back a big white-feathered bird, looking like it was about to die. 【How many times have I told you guys, don't harm other animals!】 I scolded angrily. At first I thought it was a stork, there's a lot of this kind in the countryside. Turning it over and looking closely, it was... a white peacock?! This is the first time in my life I've seen a white peacock! 【Mom, we didn't do anything to it, it was like that when we saw it on the mountain.】 Black Dog said warmly. That's right, these two idiots don't even dare to step on such a big bird, so I gave it some water, put some chicken eggs in its beak, and then Let it rest in the yard.